Blues singer Smith
The crossword clue "Blues singer Smith" is answered by BESSIE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BESSIE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BESSIE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BESSIE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BESSIE, most used first.
- Blues great Smith - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
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